But… he had finally survived the Heavenly Tribulation!

Yu Cheng felt the subtle connection between the Inner World within his body and the cosmic Tao, as if he had a delicate link with the universe. This sensation was like breaking free from certain shackles, from now on unrestricted, unified with heaven and earth, wandering freely and at ease.

He couldn’t help but reveal a smile.

Just when everyone was happy, Lu Yi’s expression suddenly changed, and his sharp gaze swept over a profound spatial fissure.

In that region, Lu Yi instinctively felt the spatial fluctuations, something wasn’t quite right.

The next moment, an extremely violent aura abruptly emerged from the area Lu Yi had detected, that aura twisted and bizarre, the very Jiuyou Qi.

The pitch-black Jiuyou Qi surged, transforming into an extremely ferocious giant claw, targeting Yu Cheng, who had just overcome the Heavenly Tribulation and was heavily injured.

The power exuded by the giant claw was extremely terrifying, even reaching the level of the Immortal King Realm.

If Yu Cheng had been in good condition, then facing such an attack, he would have been able to withstand it, but now Yu Cheng had just passed through the Heavenly Tribulation, with not even a tenth of his Immortal Spirit Qi remaining, and his protective Immortal Artifacts and various means had mostly been used up during the Tribulation.

Confronted with this situation, his complexion turned deathly pale, and his eyes showed unwillingness.

The timing of this attack was perfect, leaving him no way to defend himself.

At that moment, a figure abruptly appeared in front of Yu Cheng, it was Lu Yi.

Lu Yi’s expression was calm as he looked at the giant claw emanating the aura of an Immortal King, a hint of solemnity flickering in his eyes.

The next second, Lu Yi exhaled, his blood and energy surged around him, golden-red qi circulated, the violent power caused fissures to appear in the vacuum like a spider’s web, spreading in all directions, and the whole world seemed to shatter under the power that Lu Yi unleashed.

He vanished from his original spot and appeared in front of the giant claw, his foot stomping down on it.

Boom!!

The space shattered, a spatial storm surged, and the violent energy of the Origin spread within it, colliding with the pitch-black giant claw.

After a deadlock for a while, the pitch-black giant claw began to emit Jiuyou Qi and gradually weakened, eventually crumbling completely and being utterly devoured by the breaking spatial storm.

Along with it, an angry roar resonated, swiftly fading away.

Hearing that roar, even Lu Yi felt a chill down his spine, as if targeted by some dreadful entity.

He looked at the location where the Jiuyou giant claw had appeared, and noticed that a fissure in that area was disappearing at an alarmingly fast rate, on the other side of the fissure, a peculiarly eerie black qi was spreading, precisely the Jiuyou Qi.

It was but a brief glimpse, yet Lu Yi saw several boundless figures through the crack, and he faintly sensed an incredibly terrifying aura.

That aura was so strong that even Lu Yi couldn’t help but tremble slightly.

This was definitely not something within the capabilities of the Immortal King Realm.

Immortal Emperor level!

Lu Yi’s pupils contracted, disbelief evident on his face.

He was almost certain that what lay beyond was the Jiuyou World!

Could the Jiuyou World actually open a direct rift to the universe?!

Lu Yi found it hard to believe. If that were true, why had Jiuyou Demons only appeared through the Jiuyou Channel until now? They should have appeared all over the universe by now.

While Lu Yi couldn’t make sense of it, during a surge of Jiuyou Qi, he sensed a trace of an exotic aura flashing by, leaving at an extremely high speed.

Lu Yi’s gaze flashed, a cold hue emerging in his eyes. The next moment, he stepped forward, arriving in front of the trail left by that aura.

It was a powerful Cultivator surrounded by the surging Jiuyou Qi. His appearance was similar to that of the Human Clan, his Cultivation Base having reached the Immortal Venerate Realm. His face was exceedingly aged, and exuded an aura of death.

Upon seeing Lu Yi blocking his path, the Cultivator growled, his eyes carrying an eerie qi as the Jiuyou Qi surged, and a piercing whisper echoed in Lu Yi’s ears, attempting to disturb his consciousness.

At the same time, he turned into a streak of light, moving in another direction, trying to break into the Jiuyou Qi that was dissipating nearby.

However, in the next moment, the cultivator froze in place, with a flicker of disbelief in his eyes. He never expected that Lu Yi would be completely unaffected by the Jiuyou whispers. These whispers were not his own doing but rather something he had transmitted from the Jiuyou Demons in the Jiuyou World through some method. Even the strong ones in the Immortal Venerate Realm would lose their fighting capacity in a short time.

How could it have no effect at all!?

The Jiuyou Cultivator couldn’t understand it. The power surged around his body; he struggled, trying to escape, but then he discovered that the space around him had been completely locked down.

His body involuntarily turned around, facing the calmly composed Lu Yi, and drifted slowly towards him.

Seeing this, the Jiuyou Cultivator’s face contorted for a moment, then suddenly, a smile appeared, his hoarse voice sounding, “Worthy of being the one favored by Tao, indeed the existence that the Demon God takes special interest in…”

During his speech, the Jiuyou Qi around him began to surge chaotically.

Lu Yi noticed this, his pupils contracted, and the Taoist Energy around him surged, attempting to stop what was happening, but it was already too late.

The body of the Jiuyou Cultivator was completely devoured by the Jiuyou Qi, his will, soul, and flesh—all were destroyed within the uncontrollable Jiuyou Qi.

Lu Yi snorted coldly, and the Taoist Energy surged around him, enveloping the rampaging Jiuyou Qi. After a few breaths, he completely extinguished the Jiuyou Qi.

What remained of that Jiuyou Cultivator was now just a black lump of flesh, which was still squirming unconsciously, emitting sharp screams and whispers.

Lu Yi frowned, attempting to use his Life Origin to resurrect the Jiuyou Cultivator, only to find that even his Origin had been devoured by Jiuyou, making resurrection impossible.

Lu Yi’s expression turned somewhat ugly.

While he had control over the Jiuyou Cultivator, he had suppressed the cultivator’s internal power to prevent self-destruction. He had not expected that the cultivator could still use Jiuyou Qi to devour himself. It seemed that the Jiuyou Qi was not under his own control.

Lu Yi pondered to himself. He also hadn’t anticipated that the Jiuyou Cultivator would be so resolute. Realizing he couldn’t escape, he didn’t even spare his own Origin, choosing to self-devour. Such ruthlessness was outrageous.

To know, when the Origin dissipates, it means even the soul ceases to exist, a complete and utter death.

After all, this was a strong one in the Immortal Venerate Realm. Could he really be so ruthless to himself?

Lu Yi felt some regret. He thought that the Jiuyou Rift that had appeared just now must have a lot to do with this Jiuyou Cultivator, and that the enormous claw of the Immortal King Realm probably appeared because of him as well.

This Jiuyou Cultivator chose neither to appear earlier nor later but precisely when Elder Yu Cheng was at his weakest, right after his Heavenly Tribulation, which probably meant that he knew beforehand about Elder Yu Cheng’s Tribulation Crossing and was already hiding here.

What surprised Lu Yi a bit was that this guy’s hiding techniques were incredible. Even he had only noticed a disturbance in space when the other party was about to strike—that’s when he became aware of his presence.

Could this guy be hiding through the assistance of the owner of that Jiuyou giant claw?

Lu Yi guessed inwardly; otherwise, he did not think that an Immortal Venerate alone could hide so effectively in front of him.

As Lu Yi’s thoughts were scattered, the Jiuyou Rift had already disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed, vanishing at an unbelievable speed.

Lu Yi had a feeling, based on this pattern, that the Jiuyou Rift was temporary and probably cost a significant sacrifice to create, not able to exist permanently like the Jiuyou Channel…

As the spatial lines around him gradually returned to normal, Lu Yi began to feel at ease.

All this must be related to that Jiuyou Cultivator.

Unfortunately, he was now dead.

At that time, several auras rapidly approached. Lu Yi turned his head and saw Yu Xuanyi and others flying towards him with Yu Cheng protected in their midst.

Their expressions were serious, obviously concerned that someone else might take action.

Only after arriving in front of Lu Yi did they breathe a sigh of relief, their expressions easing slightly.

They had seen the strength that Lu Yi had just displayed.

Even that terrifying Jiuyou giant claw had been shattered by his single strike, an image still etched in their minds.

“Yi’er, what just happened?”

Everyone looked at Lu Yi, their faces filled with concern.

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